Archive for March 2016

Lego will debut their first collection of Disney minifigures in May, which is fun. One thing I noticed is that a full 1/3 of them are female characters. That’s…an improvement on the usual 1/4 ratio, I guess? Problem is, Disney is chockablock with female characters just begging to be minifigured. (No, I’m not counting the... Read more »

The other day, I was reading one of my favorite gossip sites, Lainey Gossip. In the Smutty Social Media post, there was an Instagram photo from one Ms. Jaime King, member of Taylor Swift’s crew and…actress…? She tossed up quite the screed about another of my favorite gossip sites, Go Fug Yourself, calling the Fug... Read more »

The orange ogre was on George Stephanopoulos this week (AKA This Week with George Stephanopoulos). He called in to talk about the violence that has been up at his rallies, which is in no way a direct result of his violent rhetoric. Because he doesn’t have violent rhetoric. He doesn’t condone violence. He does condone... Read more »

Hi, folks! I just wanted to let you know that my book, THE SOUND OF US (a YA Pitch Perfect set at opera camp), has a cover now. You can check it all out here. There’s even an excerpt from the book! If you’re so inclined, you can preorder the book on Amazon (Kindle or paperback)... Read more »

10 CLOVERFIELD LANE Genre: Thriller Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 105 mins. Premise: After getting in a car crash, a woman (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up in an underground shelter. Her captor/savior (John Goodman) claims that the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack. Is he right? Can he be trusted? And, just what the... Read more »

ZOOTOPIA Genre: Animated Comedy Rating: PG Running Time: 108 mins. Premise: A bunny cop (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) teams up with a sly fox (Jason Bateman) to solve the mystery of a missing otter, and uncover a mass conspiracy involving predators and prey in the process. Behind-the-Scenes: The story for Zootopia started out as a James Bond... Read more »

My family lived a good long while without a doorbell. It was a peaceful time, a time when I left it up to the dog to bark strangers away, a time when I could feign ignorance because, hey, no one rang the doorbell and maybe, just maybe, I was down in the basement and couldn’t... Read more »

Now that the Oscars are over, I feel like I can finally publicly admit that I really wanted Mad Max: Fury Road to win Best Picture. Ha. This probably comes as no surprise. Ever since I saw it back in May of last year, I’ve been singing its praises. Most people ignored me. My brother... Read more »

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